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Our house is currently a B3 BER rating. We would love to make it more energy-efficient. What would your thoughts be on external insulation, changing windows? Anything else you would recommend? Thank you, Jane Canning North Dublin. Hi Jane Thank you for this timely question. I guess we have had an unseasonably warm and dry […]
CHUNKY redbricks dominate at Bishopstown’s Kenley Crescent, with a few notable exceptions: No 6 underwent a significant refresh/extension after changing hands 10 years ago and looks nothing like its more sedate neighbours, and No 2, featured here, has been unique from the get-go, with its noticeably long catslide roof, designed to accommodate a third storey. […]
Christmas decorating starts early for some, including Instagram content creator Caoimhe McGinley whose account, @thebighillhouse, is a source of interior design inspiration for her 142k followers. Once her Halloween decorations come down on November 1, she launches straight into preparation for Christmas, something prompted by her time living in Abu Dhabi. “You started early to […]
THERE’S been a steady, incremental move of home building across Cork city’s hills fringing the southside over recent decades, sometimes going up and over them, out of sight from the city, other schemes are more visible as they march onwards and get completed and landscaped. 9 Brook Glen Manor Farm Lehenaghbeg, Cork Hills outside Douglas, […]